Motors WordPress plugin: Blind SQL injection
Summary
The Motors - Car Dealership & Classified Listings WordPress plugin up to and including 1.4.126 contains a blind SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89). An unauthenticated remote attacker can send crafted requests to read, modify or delete database contents, including user accounts and private data. Patchstack rates the issue as high priority with a CVSS score of 9.3.
Affected
- Motors WordPress plugin (StylemixThemes), versions from n/a through 1.4.126
Fixed in
- Version 1.4.127 or later, according to the CVE record and Patchstack
- Current release on WordPress.org: 1.4.128
Workaround
Unknown. No vendor workaround was found. Updating the plugin is the mitigation.
Exploitation
- Not known to be exploited.
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none, automatable yes, technical impact partial.
- No public proof of concept found. The reports are early (published 29 Oct 2026), so this may change.
Our recommendation
- Update the Motors plugin to 1.4.128 (at least 1.4.127) immediately.
- Inventory all WordPress sites that run this plugin.
- If the plugin was exposed before the update, check database and web server logs for suspicious requests.
- Review other Motors installations for the older SQL injection CVE-2026-6806 (versions up to 1.4.109).
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Patchstack advisory for CVE-2026-115964 patchstack.com
- VulDB entry 428356 vuldb.com
- OffSeq Radar entry for CVE-2026-115964 radar.offseq.com
- CVE threat intelligence record CVE-2026-115964 cve.threatint.com
- TheHackerWire: CVE-2026-115964 www.thehackerwire.com
- Motors plugin on WordPress.org wordpress.org
- Motors free version changelog (vendor) docs.stylemixthemes.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 31 Oct 2026, 00:30.
Original description (NVD)
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in StylemixThemes Motors motors-car-dealership-classified-listings allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Motors: from n/a through 1.4.126.
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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